World's Largest Private Military Tank Collection - Amazing Tour!

We had the chance to tour the world's largest collection of military vehicles! An amazing tour!
Thanks to Military Vehicle Technology Foundation
www.mvtf.org/

[@fangfour]

Pretty rude to ignore someone's presentation especially after admitting you 'know nothing about tanks'.

[@rileys8741]

Yeah that was obnoxious.

[@mariourbina8740]

Agree a 100% this guy showed lack of education , manners and disrespect for the guide, disgusting

[@benward5732]

Agreed and stop picking stuff up! So rude I would have thrown you out!

[@thedonegalfermer4816]

Thats just how people who are spoilt rotten act

[@kendal5210]

How about the guy just taking parts of the panther tank, even if it wasn’t the pride of the collection it would be pretty bad

[@jessejames9576]

Would have liked to have heard more of the interesting information from the curator. I clicked on the video to see and hear information not just see pictures of stuff. Kind of rude to ignore the curator.

[@bobparmelee1071]

Agreed

[@maj.d.sasterhikes9884]

That ranch and tank collection used to belong to the late Jacque Littlefield. I had the opportunity to tour that facility before Mr. Littlefield passed away in 2009. I hope I get to re-visit it after I retire.

[@sullyway51]

+My dad and brother visited Mr. Littlefield back around 2000. My dad is an old tanker and one of his old military buddies was friends with Mr. Littlefield who invited them down for a private tour.

[@KingPantocrator]

knowing next to nothing about tanks is not a crime but not willing to learn something when the opportunity comes, is .

[@ronevans3479]

The camera guy is rude and annoying, his voice is also annoying. Thumbs down....respect to the narrator and the museum....

[@gregtaylor6146]

Unwatchable, you fools are just so damn rude!

[@robertpearson9137]

I was trying to learn something and couldn't hear because the guy keep walking away from the tour guide. The guide had a lot of really interesting info.

[@garyfreeland5154]

I was a tanker on the M551 Sheridan in 1972, I was a driver, loader and Tank Commander before I got out in 1974.. It was one fun tank to be on in the day.. I Troop 3/2 ACR

[@scottg406]

First off, Thank you for your Service. 2nd did you ever fire the gun on M551 Sheridan? Which gun did it have on it?

[@charlesfarmer5749]

1974 - 1977, M-551 Sheridan driver, gunner and tank commander. L Troop, 3/11 ACR. What a memory!

[@bcool5843]

I went there in 2006 and met Mr. Littlefield. He let us climb all over the tanks. We were there officially to see the Scud Missile launchers up close and personal...The head mechanic said that it would never close because it was written in his (Littlefield's) will to keep it open. That didn't happen after he passed away and it has been sold off.

[@stevenleslie8557]

Focus on the guy giving the presentation. The camera was all over the map and the sound going in and out was annoying. This whole exercise was a missed opportunity.

[@TheScaleModeller]

9:38 That look... ☠️ “why are you taking bits off that $20,000,000 tank” 😫🤦‍♂️

[@RetardedTulio]

and he interrupts cause he can't recognize a wire cutter? jesus christ

[@holdfast7657]

@JAG Barb wire is a tank killer. Get's caught up in the tracks, winds up nice and tight and is a pain to get off.

[@davidca96]

Id be in heaven in there. That Panzer 4 is glorious.

[@mikkel066h]

From what I can see it is a Panzer 4 J. Since it lacks the side vision ports for the driver and most likely did not have an electrical turret drive like the Panzer 4H and G

[@Auggies1956]

And I was thrilled when a guy in the next block has a collection of one Sherman and White half-track.... Man, this is great.

[@kellmanamos2698]

An amazing collection! Thank you for showing it.

[@S-G-zm3uu]

"Its an actual gun" *proceeds to stare down the barrel of it.*

[@DanielOrtegoUSA]

As a retired Armor Master Gunner, I like seeing videos like this.

[@CherryBlossomOhka]

8:42 There was a episode of tank overhaul dedicated to that panther, thought about it but wasn't sure till he mentioned it was found in a river in Poland.

[@Doggeslife]

The Panther had it's turret intentionally destroyed by explosives, so they had to totally rebuild it. The turret was just a shell in 2007, with the newly restored gun sitting next to it.

[@treadheadpete4770]

Great collection, great video... thank you!

[@seanf5634]

Amazing collection, thanks for posting.

[@jamilot1]

Thank you for the video, with that amazing quality, i want to visit this musium,

[@meocats]

you left out the best part - the machine shop tour

[@GarryOzols]

Seriously, why are you even there, every time the guide is giving you interesting facts of stories you stick a camera into a hull or wander away. then people just walk around like arrogant twats pulling bits off SOMEONE ELSES valuable tank.

[@TomZelickman]

My first job in the Army was anti-armor. Studied everything from WW2 era on and had to be able to identify them via partial images. Even had flash cards! Wish I still had those decks... Fun to see all of this. There is a similar collection in Virginia and it's only open to the public once a year. Best wishes, Tom Z

[@scubaman6]

This is the Portola Valley collection and was auctioned off years after the owner died. I was glad to have seen this collection before it was sold off. The owner was in the computer/software business and obviously very wealthy. If memory serves me, it was around 2015-16 the collection was sold.

[@CherryBlossomOhka]

Damn shame

[@eduardoflores7315]

This man has more n better tanks than Mexico👍👍👍👍👍

[@Marc-zi4vg]

This guy has more modern tanks in his collection than all of the modern war thunder vehicles i've unlocked

[@powerkingez9682]

Thats an panther tank right there, let that sink in guys

[@bluehandsvideo]

That was cool!!

[@mikhailangel3258]

Awesome Tour

[@ThisOLmaan]

man this is cool, i too knew Nada of Tanks, till 2 or few years bach started playing tank games, then finally War Thunder, got all into the whole WW2 thang, plus my Uncle Frank in Law served in WW2 in all kinds of places, but I was I kid back then and did not want to remind him of the horrors of war. Anyhow this video is Awesome.

[@Dragonblaster1]

Alas, it's gone now. Folded in 2018, I believe.

[@ringlstette90]

the German Tank's looks so Badass like their Uniforms

[@johnclaudetteeldredge7794]

It’s distracting to be talking as the guide is telling interesting facts.

[@sendit1158]

RIP MR LITTLEFIELD thank you

[@bcbloc02]

That 20ft bridge mill would sure be handy for machining my own tank turret. :-) Maybe I should start production of Panzer replicas, 22million!!!

[@ericwolf5874]

bcbloc02 seeing that they would be "reproductions" you could probably only get $11M for them. But I say go for it!!! Hey you can make your own AR, so why not your own tank.... 😜

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

80% tank kits. Ghost tanks. Ban them! Save the children! The only thing that stops a bad tank is a good guy with a LAW! :>

[@CherryBlossomOhka]

There is actually tank replicas you can purchase already, you can order a tiger 1 replica for like 300,000 and there is also a panzer 4 replica you can buy for like 4,000.

[@dasdeutschesaxophone]

I remember seeing this garage in a mythbusters episode where they used the tanks to tear open two books

[@spectrumboy6103]

"It's a reconnaissance vehicle, it's made to go out there and find the enemy, fire a shot and run like hell." lol

[@Thurgosh_OG]

The whole point of recon vehicles is to not get seen and not have to fight, but you have guns just in case, so the guide was slightly wrong on that bit.

[@camdflage]

Yeah - but when do we get to have a drive of each of them?

[@lonniesmith352]

No lie that Sheridan was looking nice not my favorite but best I have seen

[@KittyFooFo0]

wanting two of each!

[@Grandizer8989]

These have been sold off. If you want to see most of this collection, come to the AHM in Massachusetts where they are much better displayed.

[@thezate]

Went there last week. Absolutely amazing collection!

[@thearmoredgeorgian2736]

Matilda 2 actually faired pretty well against early German vehicles, but like in France, the Germans started using the 88mm Flak 36 and the tank was obsolete. It’s also a contributing factor into starting the tiger project.

[@carlwesternut2434]

Cool... they have the pt76 light amphibious tank

[@tonomartono5276]

AMAZING GOOD

[@greeneyes2256]

I got to see it twice. Incredible.

[@greeneyes2256]

This is Michael, Deb’s husband.

[@j0nyyyy]

Lol, the T72 is from the DDR. I think the Tanks was expensive :D

[@ianmangham4570]

Wish i owned this place and everything in it, I'd spend the rest of my last couple of decades cruising around the 400 odd acres smoking big joints 😃

[@Adrenolex]

selling the sherman a little short tbh, it was at least on par with pz4.. and it was easier to repair and its front armor was quite capable.. it was allround pretty decent

[@mixedupgirl]

Although the Sherman was a deathtrap for the crew that was in it

[@jackfuller8960]

yep. The Sherman gets an extremely bad rap. It was the most ergonomical tank of the war and also extremely easy to escape from. I recommend watching the chieftains video on American armour if all you've ever heard is that the Sherman was a 'tommy cooker'.

[@holdfast7657]

The best that could be said about it was it could be manufactured quicker than a German tank and in greater numbers. It needed to be.

[@mohdnasribinmatnasir9225]

looking at the Churchill tank. it was used during the second Chinese civil war and Korean war by the Chinese nationalist force and later by Chinese communist force. not only by the british during the second world war.

[@swspartanhwk]

where is this and can anyone go there to visit and tour

[@bobparmelee1071]

Man nice collection. Panzer Mark IV and Mark V Panther tank. Russian T-34 & T-34 85 and a Churchill. M4 Sherman & M26 Pershing. Wow only tank missing is a King Tiger. And the Tiger one but there rarer then hen's teeth😁

[@timg2088]

Wow! They acted like a bunch of kids! Not listening, picking up stuff to ask "what's this do?", getting on a ladder, etc...Right in the middle of the guide explaining everything.

[@El_Cypriot]

This man can arm an entire small army, holy smokes that is a ton of tanks

[@testserver2054]

Most of the guns are probably deactivated

[@robertlee810]

Where is this located? I want to visit.

[@johnanthonyalberola6252]

Brother you go

[@tonyengland9744]

Mk5 501 100's of hours tungsten weld for increased protection on exterior armor.

[@k.m.6265]

huge LOL at the limo chinook clickbait in the related videos sections

[@robinhinson606]

In the UK he would be classified as a TOSSER

[@MrNeil-qs5fo]

or a plank!

[@candycorn8750]

14:30 😂

[@bairdswestciv9542]

This is the bulk of the remaining Littlefield Collection I think. Most of the project vehicles and a many restored tanks were sold off a few years back. To think the collection use to be far larger. The MV collecting community lost a major force for preservation when J. Littlefield died. PanzerAce is right about the museum. I remember the day by day discussions on G503.com's armor forum recounting how everything from the museum breaking up the collection to the shady dealings of the auction company. It was a cryin' shame.

[@GamePlay-cp8cj]

From where they buy these tanks?

[@SaintMarneusCalgar]

Lol did he say plastic flachet? XD

[@Sherman62]

Nice to see the Jumbo there after auction. Still there? The team was doing a great job on it. Hope to see it finished. Seems like it is consistently undervalued. There's about 7 Jumbos in the world and this is one of two runners. It's a "war hero" and national treasure. The Pz IV is the most valuable tank in the collection? Seriously?

[@Wortlethal]

Jumbo? Where?

[@Sherman62]

13:47 back row. I don't think it was mentioned in the video.

[@Wortlethal]

Ah I see it now, what a sexy beast.

[@jackfuller8960]

The panther was the most expensive not the panzer IV. The panzer IV was in pretty bad shape and in need of restoration. The panther on the other hand looks like it's just been delivered to the front lines and I believe it is in running condition, or very close to running condition. It's also got a full interior too. This combined with its rarety (and demand) would make it pretty priceless.

[@smokinfree5555]

Actually the guy was wrong about that 1st tank. It's a British Maltilda II. Contrary to what he said it WAS also great vs German tanks as the only gun they had that could knock it out was the 88mm. Also it was NOT withdrawn from service, they served throughout the war until 1945.

[@user-rh3to9cu4x]

Shame that he didn't even mention the legendary T-34 and T-55..

[@jackfuller8960]

Гаврило Принцип he did. The guide was talking about it but the guy recording stopped filming it.

[@davidca96]

T34-85, legendary. My favorite is the 1942 version with the hex turret.

[@nicobas773]

Etiquette wanted ! !

[@robertphillips6296]

I am jealous.

[@VGTerm]

where it is the place and country i think in USA so i can visit it

[@thedonegalfermer4816]

I was thinking of buying a T-34 is it worth it

[@o.v.mtrains4070]

Yes

[@DieselRamcharger]

littlefield collection?

[@laurenwoolner2116]

yes

[@stephaniebooth6169]

That link dose not work

[@johnanthonyalberola6252]

I was an m60 tank commander vietnam era

[@ianmangham4570]

R. I. P Jaques

[@ianmangham4570]

Pitman arm or idler, steering 🤣🙏

[@andersonpyaban8042]

My father worked in a tank batallion for over 20 years...i have a stupid summary and I mean no disrepsect...a tank issimply a bunch of atillery guys on a vehicle

[@pangowka2544]

This panther tank was illegally removed from Poland, the conservator of monuments did not give such consent, so it belongs to Poland and the Polish nation...

[@11bfollowme19]

like everybody in the group has ADD, GOOD GOD

[@mrhaltstop2294]

If you’re a tank fan,come over to France and visit the famous « musée des blindés « in Saumur...the biggest tank museum.. With The only working German Royal Tiger and all ww2 vehicles and tanks

[@quicky10011]

Saumur isn't the biggest, Kubinka Russia is. 3 years ago the collection was divided over 2 locations: Kubinka (the old museum) and the huge Park Patriot. Kubinka has so many unique tanks, its incredible. The (only) Maus, Karl Gerat, Elefant, Obj 279 etc. If you even have the chance, go take a look. Its mind-blowing. I visited Saumur, Munster and Kubinka. This year the Tank-fest in Bovington was planned by due to Covid-19 the visit is postponed until (hopefully) june 2021.

[@makos.m.7266]

"Lost" Panther from the Black Nida River from Poland? Interesting...

[@bartel9078]

To ta pantera co ją ukradli? Nielegalnie wywieźli?

[@Capodecamper]

lucky dude lol, if you see that full syrian video you can see the lucky guy with his SKIN flaking off his arms

[@chrismitchell8879]

The guy holding the camera is pretty rude and obnoxious, particularly at the start of the video.

[@holdfast7657]

@Klemheist You mistake knowledge for arrogance. In military terms it's as important to know somethings weakness as much if not more than strength.

[@JSCB-365]

Great video guys.

[@zachboyd4749]

Where is this collection located?

[@laurenwoolner2116]

portola valley california

[@scotthaskin1509]

Sadly this place closed in 2018

[@nandrews8412]

Tanks a lot

[@landkomtur6416]

All these tanks are gone by now, auctioned off, the place closed.

[@shatara42]

@Brian Baff Two is one and one is none, duh.

[@shatara42]

@Brian Baff >why do you need 2

[@mikereger1186]

8:28 - NO. The M4 arrived in time for the Battle of El Alamein and it was the second-best armoured and best gunned tank the Allies had at the time, with a 75mm gun capable of firing a high explosive shell. Only the Churchills of “Kingforce” had thicker armour. It outclassed Panzer 3s and until long barrelled Panzer 4s and Tigers appeared it was a match for German armour. At the time of its introduction this was a very modern tank. Where it tends to get a bad rep is that it only had limited upgrades to the 76mm gun and new turret, while the Germans and Russians kept building bigger, heavier, larger gunned tanks as the war progressed. Also early use - mostly in British hands - saw a lot of ammo explosions because shells were stuffed into every available space for storage, hence the “brewing up” issue. It should be remembered that this chassis design was also used to make the Firefly Vc with its lethal 17pdr gun, and to be the basis for the M10 tank destroyer as well as the Achilles 17pdr version. All were very capable of scragging German armour, albeit not very good at taking return fire.

[@bobparmelee1071]

The United States new the Sherman was infearer in 1942. Tank crews were sacrificed for no reason. The M26 Pershing should have been the main battle tank for the invasion of France.

[@mikereger1186]

Bob Parmelee - this has been extensively covered in a presentation by Nic “The Chieftain” Moran and in print by David Fletcher from Bovington. The simple truth is that, for mass manufacture and universal use in the Allied armies at the time, the M4 was the clear candidate. It could be made in huge numbers and it was reliable. They were built simply with parts that could be swapped out or repaired without too many man-hours. Compare this to any Panzer and you’re seeing that while the Germans had bigger, more advanced vehicles they took far longer to build and repair. In *logistical* terms the Allies only needed a tank that was good *enough*, not more advanced. It also needs to be remembered that the main killers of Allied armour was NOT other tanks. It was anti tank guns. Even if the Allies had been entirely equipped with Pershings and Comets, they would still have been ripped open like tin cans by ‘88s, and there would have been far fewer of them. A point about Russian tanks - the early T-34 wasn’t so great and was under gunned, and only really became an excellent tank later on once upgunned. So many were built that when they broke they simply got replaced without bothering to repair them.

[@bobparmelee1071]

Kinda disagree. The Allies controlled the air. Those anti- tankguns would have been more exposed with better armor on the ground.

[@mikereger1186]

And have you seen the figures of tank destruction by aircraft? Not very good. In fact far, far worse than claimed, I recall it didn’t even rate 10% of tank kills once all the wrecked tanks were inspected after action. Simple fact is that they missed; they weren’t like modern A10s.

[@shatara42]

@@bobparmelee1071 The M26 was not ready for '44. Heck, it was pulled out of Korea ten years later because it *still* had teething problems (and replaced with...the Sherman). Also, for every Pershing you ship across the Atlantic, you could have shipped four (4) Shermans. Sure, if you were a tanker, you'd rather be in the Pershing (which was a pretty even match against a Panther or Tiger I in gun power and armor), but ask an Infantryman if he'd rather be supported by 0-1 Pershings or 2-4 Shermans, you'll get a different answer. Your comment about air power vs antitank guns is nonsensical as well, as replacing Shermans with Pershings does not magically make allied aircraft better at spotting camouflaged artillery than they were historically.

[@bigbob1699]

This is what happens when you grow up with too few toys .

[@stubbsy3413]

Bull called n the 2 pounder gun it can fire HE but without the adapator

[@stubbsy3413]

We had the chance to tour the world's largest collection of military vehicles! An amazing tour! Not any Private tank museum in the world? EG Musée des Blindés, German Tank Museum, The Tank Museum ETC

[@Mikedadof2]

I thought dragon man was the biggest

[@nukeelda]

I goes he plays war thunder game :)

[@alexandermarken7639]

Be nice if the first tank they talk about he does not know enough.

[@toonmag50]

The guide was very interesting and informative. Unfortunately the video is ruined by the maker, who simply mooched about, walking away from the guide, so only part of the presentation is heard, and then the battery issue and then all the wows , while the guide was still talking. I was expecting you to fart or scratch your arse ,as an ending. Lordy Lord you Americans....

[@jeffreywright4656]

What a bloody rude bunch of people.

[@stevenleslie8557]

Agree. Signed, an embarrassed American

[@landkomtur6416]

The blue paint on the Matilda Mk. II is wrong.

[@johnanthonyalberola6252]

Beehive rounds

[@langeheinrich9619]

its not private own its a foundation

[@MegaStillgame]

Stop wondering about 🤬.

[@rapzor]

Did that guy just grab a tool from a Panther and ask "What is THIS?" ? I just had to shout at the video hoping he could hear me, what an ass.

[@arisaka233]

Came here to see the shitty M2A2 light tank from the thumbnail... i almost cried when it wasnt in the video :(

[@sirboomsalot4902]

kevin_nahuel2010 Where was there an M2A2 in the thumbnail?